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STRATEGIC FORESIGHT

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Everything you need for effective futures intelligence — from horizon scanning to trend & innovation scouting and in-depth research.

A complete suite for foresight managers and teams, for operating and developing an industry-leading foresight process.

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COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR FUTURES INTELLIGENCE

ORIGINAL FORESIGHT RESEARCH

1500+ content cards with in-depth analyses of future trends, innovations, disruptions and scenarios – created and maintained by professional futurists.

PRE-FILLED FORESIGHT RADARS

40+ foresight radars on all key domains of society, economy, geopolitics, science and technology, curated by professional futurists.

RICH SCENARIO ANALYSES

500+ scenario analyses on key trends and phenomena, created and maintained by professional futurists.

CURATED NEWS SIGNALS

Futurist curated feeds as well as precision search for 1M+ related news signals, crawled by AI from 500+ trusted sources.

🟢 Youth-Led Protests Across Africa (Nov 14th)

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🟢 Phishing Attacks (Nov 12th)

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🟢 Elite Overproduction (Nov 15th)

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🔴 Collapse of Elderly Care in Welfare States (Nov 13th)

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🟢 Rise of Anti-Tourism (Nov 4th)

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🟢 Crowdsourced Cyberattacks (Oct 29th)

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🔴 Revival of Luddite Movements (Oct 24th)

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🟢 Social Impact Initiatives in Branding (Oct 24th)

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🟢 State and Corporate Espionage in Cyberspace (Oct 17th)

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🔵 Insurance Options for Disaster-Prone Zones (Oct 15th)

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🔴 Cyber Blitz Attack (Oct 10th)

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🟢 Brand Authenticity (Oct 11th)

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🔴 World War III (Oct 3rd)

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🟢 Mega-Infrastructure Projects for Climate Adaptation (Oct 1st)

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⚪ Refill Stations & Zero Waste Stores (Sept 27th)

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🟢 News Deserts (Sep 25th)

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🟢 Youth-Led Protests Across Africa (Nov 14th) | 🟢 Phishing Attacks (Nov 12th) | 🟢 Elite Overproduction (Nov 15th) | 🔴 Collapse of Elderly Care in Welfare States (Nov 13th) | 🟢 Rise of Anti-Tourism (Nov 4th) | 🟢 Crowdsourced Cyberattacks (Oct 29th) | 🔴 Revival of Luddite Movements (Oct 24th) | 🟢 Social Impact Initiatives in Branding (Oct 24th) | 🟢 State and Corporate Espionage in Cyberspace (Oct 17th) | 🔵 Insurance Options for Disaster-Prone Zones (Oct 15th) | 🔴 Cyber Blitz Attack (Oct 10th) | 🟢 Brand Authenticity (Oct 11th) | 🔴 World War III (Oct 3rd) | 🟢 Mega-Infrastructure Projects for Climate Adaptation (Oct 1st) | ⚪ Refill Stations & Zero Waste Stores (Sept 27th) | 🟢 News Deserts (Sep 25th) |

AI FUTURIST

An advanced generative AI chatbot offering a brand-new, interactive way to explore Futures Platform’s extensive foresight database

PURPOSE-BUILT FOR FORESIGHT

Unlike generic large language models (LLMs) that pull from unfiltered data pools, AI Futurist’s answers are always based on Futures Platform’s database of expert-verified insights.

RELIABLE

AI Futurist sources its answers from Futures Platform’s vast foresight database, which features insights written by professional futurists through a systematic, peer-reviewed analysis process.

TRANSPARENT

Every response from AI Futurist is linked to a detailed source list, letting you trace the information back to its origin and fully understand the reasoning behind.

EFFICIENT

AI Futurist synthesises information from over 1,500 trend and scenario analyses into concise insights tailored to your context, enabling more informed decision-making in less time.

RICH ANALYSIS LIBRARY

Search from among 1000+ in-depth analyses, 500+ scenarios and 1M+ news signals to map which changes, innovations and disruptions could be ahead.

#1 HORIZON SCANNING TOOL

FORESIGHT RADARS

Use the foresight radar tool to quickly map alternative future views. Create your own or take advantage of 40+ pre-filled radars by professional futurists.

SPOTLIGHT VIEW

View news signals in the broader context, linking each new piece of information to pre-existing analysis and related news on the platform.

DIG DEEPER

Each analysis features standard elements such as timing, type, impact analysis, scenarios, related phenomena, related news signals, and much more.

1500+

ANALYSES OF FUTURE TRENDS, PHENOMENA & SCENARIOS

Save time and find reliable futures intelligence published as soon as spotted by leading futurists. Have all your strategic foresight work in one place and share the knowledge across your organisation.

1+ Million

NEWS SIGNALS AUTO-CURATED BY POWERFUL AI

Stay on the pulse of the latest developments and weak signals with AI-powered, continuously updating news streams. Get alerted with a bi-weekly Disruptor Alert of hand-picked, most disruptive news and articles.

40+

PRE-FILLED FORESIGHT RADARS ON WORLD’S KEY DOMAINS

Get a holistic picture of future changes curated by futurists of over 40 themes in less than a minute – and start customising it to your environment. Easily export to share with your organisation and other stakeholders.

INDUSTRY-LEADING VISUALISATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

LOUNGE VIEW

Keep overview of your work and a finger on the pulse through the Lounge View that brings together latest signals, new analysis, key radars, scenarios and more.

SPOTLIGHT VIEW

View news signals in the broader context, linking each new piece of information to pre-existing analysis and related news on the platform.

THE ORIGINAL FORESIGHT RADAR

Use Futures Platform first-to-the-market foresight radar tool to quickly map and share alternative future views.

STRUCTURED CONTENT CARDS

Keep your foresight analysis in order through standard format, searchable trend cards with key elements like background, video, impact analysis, scenarios, related phenomena, news feed, and much more.

  • Comprehensive.

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    “In todays connected and fast paced world, there is a lot to track as a Foresight team – and we do. Futures Platform’s combination of artificial and human intelligence helps us to overlook as little as possible.“

    — Thomas Boermans, Head of Foresight, E.On

  • Valuable information.

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    “Futures Platform provides comprehensive and valuable information for us in looking at the uncertain future business environment.”

    – Yoshikazu Kondo, General manager, Technology Foresight Center, Mitsui & Co

  • New ideas.

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    ”The biggest benefit of using Futures Platform has been allowing the decision-makers to see the ideas that they haven't thought of yet.”

    – Joe Kearney, Insight Specialist, New Zealand Transport Agency

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SOPHISTICATED PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION

SHARE YOUR RESULTS

Share interactive futures views, including radars and scenarios, to anyone with a single link.

INVOLVE PEOPLE

Versatile tools for engaging people across teams. Vote, rate, discuss, and summarise results.

INVITE CONTRIBUTORS

Invite collaborators and visitors to view and work with your team. Flexible and detailed user management.

REAL-TIME COLLABORATION

Great for working in workshops as well as among remote teams.

AI-ASSISTED SCENARIO ANALYSIS TOOL

STRUCTURED SCENARIO PROCESS

Use Futures Platform’s unique scenario tool to quickly generate scenario analyses with the two-axis method.

COLLABORATE AND FACILITATE

Involve others and even facilitate workshops with versatile instructor guidelines and collaboration features.

LINK WITH EXISTING WORK

Take advantage of hundreds of pre-existing drivers, scenarios and trend cards to deliver your anlysis and conclusions faster.

LET AI ASSIST YOU

If you so choose, you can take advantage of a specially trained generative AI algorithm* to complete your sceanrio narratives and summaries.

* Available by 2024

ADVANCED MONITORING AND REPORTING

EXPORT TO PPT AND PDF

Export your foresight radars and scenario work to PowerPoint and PDF, and thus easily create impactful executive reports.

DISRUPTOR ALERT

Let our AI-based Recommendation Algorithm to send automatic bi-weekly summaries on topics and domains you find most relevant.

PERSONALISED ALERTS

Go further to specify custom alerts* based on the contents, topics or views of our choice.

* Available 2024

CUSTOM REPORTS BY FUTURISTS

Let our experienced professional futurists do it for you. A wide range of options from quarterly insight reports to custom projects.

TUTORIALS, SUPPORT AND FORESIGHT BEST PRACTICES

FORESIGHT BEST PRACTICES

Our support HUB contains dozens of expert articles and documentation on key foresight methdos, theory and best practices.

CASE STUDIES

10+ case studies describe success stories from versatile organisations and use-cases, ranging from government agencies to global conglomerates.

HOW-TO GUIDES & TEMPLATES

Dozens of how-to guides and templates are organized by function, use-case, desired outcome and foresight maturity.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAM

Our experienced team of futurists, economists and foresight consultants are there to help and augment your team on your entire journey.

GET STARTED WITH CONTINUOUS FORESIGHT

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

CUSTOM REPORTS BY FUTURISTS

Let our professional futurists augment your foresight process by making use of their expertise in putting together regular insight reports on topics and domains of your choice.

FORESIGHT INTO ACTION

Wish to kickstart a systematic foresight process? Or perhaps stress test strategy or new products or markets? Focusing on experimentation and actionable insights, our experts will get you up to speed in no time.

FORESIGHT CAPABILITY BUILDING

We help you get started with foresight, facilitate development of your foresight process and, and equip your organisation with the right capabilities to make future-proof decisions. 

FUTURIST INSIGHTS & ANALYSIS

Want to save time in your research, get a second opinion, or discover game-changing innovation opportunities at the right time? Our experienced futurists will help you identify the most relevant trends, risks and opportunities.